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TIL that after a Brazilian jiu jitsu teacher admitted to raping and killing a baby, a prison mob came together and sexually assaulted him.

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4Xkvb TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was purposely designed with gaps in the body and would leak fuel, upon reaching high speeds the body would heat up and the gaps would close.
NXglM TIL under the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war are required to be paid, depending on what their rank is respectively, either 8, 12, 50, 60, or 75 Swiss Francs a month by the Detaining Power.
YplkG TIL in the 900s AD, a Chinese Emperor sent an artist- Gu Hongzhong- to spy on a minister, who was always late at court. Gu found out that the minister partied almost every night, and the painting he made to show the Emperor his minister's debauchery- "The Nightly Revels"- became an art masterpiece.
LQ6AP TIL on rare occasions, legal cases will be against objects rather than persons, such as in the case of "United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls !
NXVVP TIL the first time in military operation humans surrendered to a robot was during Operation Desert Storm (1991)